Spittoon



(No Model.)

" A. B. NOTT,

SPITTOON. No. 255,085. Patented Mar. 14,1882.v

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AARON B. NOTT, OFFAIRHAVEN, MASS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO JAMES PARR AND BENJAMIN F.BEETLE, OF SAME PLACE.

SPITTOON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,085, dated March14, 1882,

Application filed February 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON BENNETT NoTT, a citizen of the United States,resident at Fairhaven, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and valuable Improvement inSpittoons, Gus'pidors, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a partof this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked there- Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation ofa side view, partly in section, of my improved spittoon. Fig. 2 is abottom view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

This invention has relation to spittoons and cuspidors; and it consistsin the construction and novel arrangement of the revolving body or base;the supporting ring or base-plate, to which the body is pivoted, andwhich is provided with casters; the convex bottom of the vase; thecover, having an external rim or flange, notched in its lower edge, andprovided with fastening-hooks, and the side-eyes,adapted to engage saidhooks and to connect with a bail, all as hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body or bowlof the spittoon,

- having its bottom centrally raised at b, so that the base is madeshelving on all sides to carry recesses g, which are designed to engagethe necks of the studs or eyes h. In this manner the projections 0become hooks, whereby the cover is secured to the body of the spittoon.

To the studs or eyes h a bail, It, may readily be connected, if desired.

The body A of the spittoon is designed to revolve on a pivot, l, whichusually consistsof a screw extending through a bearing, m, in thesupporting-ring or base-plate (J into a threaded seat, 8, on the underside of the bowl. The bowl rests on the ring 0 and is designed to have acircular bearing or flange to rest on I the ring. This base-plate orsupporting-ring is provided with castersz, upon which it stands, so thatit can be easily moved about into position most convenient for use orout of the way, according to requirement. It will be found to move veryreadily when touched, as the ring has free circular motion under thebowl and yields easily to the motion of the casters in turning on theirpivot-stems to get into position for moving forward.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. The spittoon or cuspidor having a pivoted base plate or ring on whichit rests, and casters attached to said base plate or ring, substantiallyas specified.

2. A spittoon or cuspidor having an internally-convex bottom and a coverwith an inclined inner flange, substantially as specified.

3. A spittoon or cuspidor having a pivoted base-ring, O, and casters 2,and an externallyflanged cover, B, having rim-hooks e to engage the eyesor studs h of the bowl, substantially as specified.

4. The spittoou or cuspidor having the pivoted base-ring O and casters2, the cover B, its outer rim, 0, and fastenings, the eyes h, and thebail k, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

AARON BENNETT NOTT.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH B. PEcK, JOSEPH WILLETS.

